Wife of missing ex-FBI agent holds a press conference in Tehran.

Christine Levinson (R), wife of ex-FBI agent Robert Levinson who disappeared in Iran in March 2007, speaks as her son Daniel (L) listens during a press conference at the Swiss embassy in Tehran, Iran on December 22, 2007. Robert Levinson went missing while on a business trip to Iran's southern island of Kish and the Iranian government claims they have no information on his whereabouts. (UPI Photo/Mohammad Kheirkhah)

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